Tensorflow-Lite CMake Build Fails On Windows With VS Build Generator

[embeddetech]

Issue type

Bug

Have you reproduced the bug with TensorFlow Nightly?

Yes

Source

source

TensorFlow version

2.15.0 (latest)

Custom code

No

OS platform and distribution

Windows 11

Mobile device

No response

Python version

No response

Bazel version

No response

GCC/compiler version

No response

CUDA/cuDNN version

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GPU model and memory

No response

Current behavior?

Tensorflow-lite build fails on Windows using CMake with Visual Studio 2022. In my experience, Tensorflow lite has never properly built with Visual Studio projects, and this is a major oversight.

Standalone code to reproduce the issue

Exact steps to reproduce:

git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
mkdir tensorflow_build
cd tensorflow_build
cmake ..\tensorflow\tensorflow\lite
cmake --build .

Relevant log output

Running the above, from the CMake output, it wasn't clear whether it built successfully or not, it seemed to just stop generating output:

  root_profiler.cc
  profiler.cc
  telemetry_setting_internal.cc
  sparsity_format_converter.cc
  schema_utils.cc
  Generating Code...

After then opening the Visual Studio 2022 project and building, it fails. 

C1083: Cannot open include file 'sys/mman.h': No such file or directory.
LNK1104: Cannot open file '..\..\Debug\tensorflow-lite.lib'
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Python.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'pybind11/functional.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Python.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Python.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Python.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'getopt.h': No such file or directory


PLEASE help resolve these Visual Studio build problems. I have great need of tflite as well as tflite-micro to build in Visual Studio.

[sushreebarsa]

@embeddetech Could you ensure that you're not building with options related to Python bindings or Unix-specific features if you don't need them. Please make sure the appropriate requirements for the required dependencies like pybind11 are added to your project settings.
Thank you!

[embeddetech]

Hi @sushreebarsa ,
I didn't specify any settings, as shown above, so it would be just building with the default settings. I would expect that building with the default settings should work.

I have used Tensorflow Lite for many years, and it has never built properly on WIndows. I have had to spend months to get it working. Now I'm getting back to it again, and am much more familiar with CMake, more understanding of what's happening when I follow the build instructions. I followed these instructions:

https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/build_cmake

[sushreebarsa]

@embeddetech Could you double-check your CMake command line. Ensure you're passing the necessary flags for your platform and desired build configurations.
Use the -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON flag to see more detailed information about the build process and identify potential missing dependencies.
Please let us know the outcome?
Thank you!

[embeddetech]

Hi @sushreebarsa ,
As shown above and reproduced in the video below, I don't have any necessary flags for my platform. Visual Studio is my default platform, and that is the desired build system. I would expect the build to not fail when using the default configuration. I believe the video below should be reproducible, and represents a build problem with Tensorflow that definitely needs to be resolved. Thanks!

Tensorflow.Build.Error.mp4